Delia Bushell is a distinguished leader with a career that spans more than two decades in media, sport & telecoms.
She is Partner at Silberhorn Media Capital, a strategic advisory firm to businesses and investors in the media, entertainment and sports sectors, and is an investor/advisor to start-ups.
She previously led The Jockey Club as Group CEO, overseeing events such as the Cheltenham festival and the Grand National, and served as UK CEO of Afiniti, a US tech leader in Artificial Intelligence.
At BT she held an industry-transforming leadership role as Managing Director of its media division, overseeing its £1 billion pa investment into the BT Sport channels, BT TV platform and digital apps to become a global innovation leader in live sport, and negotiating its major sports, entertainment and movie rights deals.
At Sky, Delia contributed significantly to the company’s success in a range of roles. She led Sky’s expansion into telecoms, launching its new broadband service and growing it to 3 million customers, after roles as Managing Director for Sky Ireland and Director...Delia Bushell is a distinguished leader with a career that spans more than two decades in media, sport & telecoms.
She is Partner at Silberhorn Media Capital, a strategic advisory firm to businesses and investors in the media, entertainment and sports sectors, and is an investor/advisor to start-ups.
She previously led The Jockey Club as Group CEO, overseeing events such as the Cheltenham festival and the Grand National, and served as UK CEO of Afiniti, a US tech leader in Artificial Intelligence.
At BT she held an industry-transforming leadership role as Managing Director of its media division, overseeing its £1 billion pa investment into the BT Sport channels, BT TV platform and digital apps to become a global innovation leader in live sport, and negotiating its major sports, entertainment and movie rights deals.
At Sky, Delia contributed significantly to the company’s success in a range of roles. She led Sky’s expansion into telecoms, launching its new broadband service and growing it to 3 million customers, after roles as Managing Director for Sky Ireland and Director of Commercial Affairs for Sky Networks. At Sky Italia in Milan, she was Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Commercial Officer, responsible for all paytv and OTT subscriber revenue delivery for its €2.7bn turnover business.
Before her 14-year career at Sky, Delia was a Strategy Consultant at Arthur D. Little and worked in the Corporate Strategy team at Pearson plc, owner of the Financial Times & Pearson. She serves as a Non-Executive Director on the Board of Commonwealth Games England and was previously on the Board of England and Wales Cricket and Advisory Board of the Telegraph Media Group.
Delia has been recognised for her contribution to the media and sports industry on numerous occasions. She was named one of ten Influencers of The Year by SportsPro in 2016 and was named one of Britain's 500 Most Influential People for her work as Managing Director at BT TV and BT Sport.moreless
Silberhorn Media Partners is an advisory business working within the sports, media and entertainment industries. The firm facilitates growth strategies for businesses and investors in response to ever-changing trends.
Governed by Royal Charter, the Jockey Club is the leading investor and innovator in British horse racing and owns Cheltenham, Aintree, Epsom Downs and Newmarket racecourses.
Delia was at the helm of BT's TV & Sport division, including the BT Sport channels, BT's paytv platform, its digital apps, production and commercial teams and led on the acquisition of all premium sports, entertainment and movie rights.
Sky Italia is a British satellite television platform operated in Italy by Sky. During this time, Delia held the role of VP Operations & Business before moving on to Chief Strategy Officer and finally leading as Chief Commercial Officer.
Sky plc, based in London, is a pan-European satellite broadcasting, internet streaming media, broadband, and telephone services provider. Formed in 1990, Sky is Europe's largest media company.
During this time, Delia held several roles within the Sky Group, namely Manager, Sky Ventures; Head of Business Development; Head of Sky Travel & Acting Head of Sky Music Channels; Commercial Director, Sky Networks and culminating in the role of Managing Director at Sky Ireland.
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) was founded in 1997 and is the governing body of cricket in England and Wales. The head office is at Lord’s cricket ground and it focuses on funding for the sport as a non-profit organisation. The body oversees cricket at all levels throughout England and Wales.
The services of Charity Digital assists other charities through inspiring content, access to the UK's only discounted and donated technology platform and provides a connection to the best digital talent in the sector.
Article - Special Report: Sports broadcasting in 2015
Oct 2015
London, UK
In this special report, Delia features amongst other senior figures from the sports broadcasting space, outlining the then ambitions of BT TV and sport ahead of the Sportel convention.
SportsPro is a media company with the spotlight on the business, commercial and governance angles of global sport. Delia was named as one of the 10 Influencers of the Year in Sport.
Delia was named one of Britain's 500 Most Influential people for her work as Managing Director at BT TV and BT Sport. She was at the helm when the channel secured exclusive rights to show Champions League football.
